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NOT THOSE GAMES: President Hage Geingob. PHOTO: NAMPA STAFF REPORTER WINDHOEK President Hage Geingob yesterday said he will not humiliate ministers accused of corruption by firing them, as questions mount against his administration’s preference to rather have such cabinet members resign. During the State of the Nation Address in the National Assembly yesterday, Geingob claimed he always had dismissal letters ready, in case concerned ministers refuse to resign voluntarily. In its six years in ...

COVID-19: Africas aviation industry suffers massive losses dw.com 3 hrs ago Jan Philipp Wilhelm Africas airlines have registered low passenger volumes since the onset of the COVID pandemic. The aviation industrys progress in connecting the continent over the past decade is now at stake. © Christian Bodlaj/Chromorange/picture alliance Provided by Deutsche Welle In February, Air Namibia, one of the most historic airlines on the continent, ceased operations and filed for bankr...

Govt will not break Air Namibia promise 2021-03-12  Public enterprises minister Leon Jooste has indicated employees of troubled Air Namibia would receive their full severance packages at the end of this month.  According to Jooste, government will also pay the promised ex-gratia to the value of 12 months’ salary to each employee in a single lump sum.  “I have instructed officials from the ministries of public enterprises and finance to meet as soon as practical to clarify the modaliti...

Airlines Look To Fill The Gap Left By Air Namibia Collapse Advertisement: Following on from the collapse of Namibian national flag carrier Air Namibia last month, state-owned Namibia Airport Company (NAC) has welcomed the increased frequency of flights to Namibia by Airlink and FlyWestair. After years of struggle and reliance on handouts from the Namibian government to keep flying, Air Namibia announced on February 11, 2021, that it had ceased operations and was entering voluntary liquidation. ...

Inequality holds Namibia back… analysts call for major socio-economic intervention   2021-03-03  A local labour expert has warned that without a fundamental change in Namibia’s social and economic architecture, the country will continue to see rising levels of inequality.  This warning by Herbert Jauch is issued even though between 1990 and 2019 Namibia’s Human Development Index (HDI) increased by more than 11% from 0.581 to 0.646.  Despite this improvement, the UN report shows t...

NAC circles above Air Namibia 2021-03-01  This follows an application by the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) for compulsory liquidation.  Windhoek High Court acting Judge Kobus Miller issued an order to show cause to allow interested parties to give reasons why Air Namibia should not be liquidated and placed in the hands of the Master of the High Court on or before 26 March.  According to an affidavit by NAC CEO Bisey /Uirab, the airports company, as well as Challenge Air, should receive p...

Cabinet has clarified that the cost of liquidating the national airline, Air Namibia, will not be borne by government, but rather by the proceeds of the sale of assets of the company.

The bleak outlook for the global aviation industry may result in more airline closures and ever higher costs of air travel for passengers.

-The announcement of Air Namibia's voluntary liquidation sent shockwaves through the nation two weeks ago. The decision comes after the Government has considered all options to save the national carrier.

Saturday, 20. February 2021 - 15:26 Photo credits:  NAMPA The Leader of the landless Peoples Movement (LPM), Bernadus Swartbooi believes the Government did not consider other alternatives before a decision was taken to liquidate Air Namibia. Swartbooi says LPM would have supported the liquidation only if all available options were exhausted.